The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-02-12
AGAIN ON A RISE.
TIE HRADwATERs OF THE OHIO
Swollen by Hoavy Rains Put Out Rapidly
md Seem to Assure Depth Here Of at
LenstJ feet-festerdny's Storm and
tho Damage Done Herenbouts.

Again the prediction 10 made that with.
in tho next iorty.eight hours there will be
q 35.foot utags OF watcr in the Ohio river
atthispoint. Observation-Disclosures thstthis
prediction, or one very much like 1t, has
been made within the past ten days, but
in that time the river has never gone above
the 32.loot mark on the Rusgo at this
place. 1t may be that tho river will no,
20 much above that mark this time, bu,
judging from all tho roports from above
and below and tho conditions OF the
Btreamu forming, and tributary to, The
Ohio, and considering the state OF the
weather, not only here butat points above
the calculation is made at an early hour
this morning that the river will rise here
to depth somewhere between IS and 81
feet. In case the river rises to that stage
1t will flood nearly all the CELLAR
OF tho wholesale houses on Main
streets, certainly those on the west side
Of the street, and the cellars Of the build
ings along the levee; tho new and old
fair grounds on tho Island will be inun.
dated, also several low.lying sections In
that ward. The lower part OF the Sixth
ward and portions OF the Eighth will also
be encroaohed upon In case the watera
verify the prediction. .'-es,...,
The latest reportH from above last night
were to the following effect: At Pitts.
burgh twenty hours Of steady rainfall had
caused the tributaries Of the Allegheny
and Monongahela Rivera to rise rapidly
and high stage OF water ut that point
was being looked for within the next
twenty.four hours. River men, however,
did not anticipate a flood as the weather
was growing colder and the rain had
turned TO snow. At l o'clock this morn.
ing the Monongahels showed 10 fee.
inches and the Allegheny 20feet and both
rivers were rising. The noon marks were !:
Monongahela 10 feet . inches ;5Allegheny
II feet inches.
Tho other reporto from above were as
follows: Oil City at n. N. reported ii
feet at that point and the river still rising
1t was getting very cold and 1t was not
thought that there would be more than a
foot more Of a rise; at noon there WAS IS
feet there and 1t was raining. AtLock
No. 4 OF noon there was II feet inches
and it was raining; at s P. NJ. there was IS
feet at that point and 1t was still rising at
the rate Of 3 inches per hour. At Browns.
vile at noon there was 10 feet
@ inches; at s p. NJ. Is feet inches
and rising. At Rice's Landing q. noon
there was II feet and 1t was raining; at s
r. NJ. thore was Is feet 0 inches and the
rise was reported to be fast one. at
Parker there was II feet and rising. Nor.
gantown, II feet inches and rising
slowly and showing. Greensboro, II feet
and about on stand. In the morning
there was rain at all Of these points, and
last night they reported it rapidly growing
cold. ..5555l
1t will be observed that the Allegheny
has been the river in which the rise has
been the most rapid and which is coming
out fast; there has not been go much rain
up the Monongahela valley which Is q
fortunate thing, for had both rivers put
out heavy with the big volume OF water
already in the Ohio, the inevitable result
would have been repetition OF the acenes
Of February, 1884, with the accompanying
suffering.
At midnight the marks on the levee in
dictated "a depth here Of 90 feet and the
river was almost stationary. The fall has
been very slow and is a matter OF general
comment. at 0 O'Clock Thursday morn.
ing there was 81 feet 6 inches in the chan.
mel at this point; at noon yesterday there
WAS 20 feet inches. This slow fall would
seem to indicate that the rivers be.
low here are putting out, but
nothing authentic was learned.